Huron bishop election

Dean Terrance “Terry” A. Dance has been elected the new suffragan (assistant) bishop of the London, Ont.-based Anglican diocese of Huron.

Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. John 9:6-7

Dear Heavenly Father,
Your servant Terry has been sent by the diocese of Huron. We pray that Terry will go, wash in the pool of living water, and see. May he know and understand the mind of Christ. Amen.

Ecclesial disintegration countdown to primates meeting

Jan 10 Ending several years of restraint by the diocese of Colorado, Bp Robert O’Neill ordained a partnered lesbian.
Jan 12 Bp Gene Robinson tells national newspaper, “I will be careful not to be especially Christian in my Prayer” for Obama inaugural event.
Jan 23 A single candidate for the bishop of Northern Michigan was announced, the same person who designed the Episcopal Ministry Discernment process and who headed up the Episcopal Ministry Discernment team. Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester is a principal author and signatory to a document which declares each of us to be “only begotten child of God” and that we are all “incarnations of the Trinity.”
Jan 23 PB Schori accepts the ‘voluntary renunciation’ of orders of US Bishop William Wantland and British Bishop Henry Scriven even though no such renunciation was offered. (I think this makes six conservative bishops she has kicked out, none following canon law.)
Jan 23 Bishop Ronald Ferris (retired, Algoma) leaves the Anglican Church of Canada and joins the Anglican Network in Canada. (This makes the third Canadian and the 16th North American conservative bishop to join another ecclesial entity in two years.)
Jan 23 Bishop Jack Iker of Ft. Worth is threatened with lawsuits.
Jan 24 Diocese of Virginia, a “moderate” diocese, affirms the inherent integrity and blessedness of committed Christian relationships between two adult persons . . . and introduces liturgies for same sex couples as part of the “listening process.”
Jan 24 Diocese of North Carolina passed a resolution encouraging clergy to decline acting as state agents in the contracting of civil marriages
Jan 25 Legal dispute over Diocese of Pittsburgh money erupts.

Dear Lord, we are such sinful creatures.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Prayer for persecuted Anglicans in Diocese of New Westminster, Canada

Over at the Common Cause prayer blog, I just saw this prayer request for Canadian Anglicans affiliated with the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC):

Diocese moves to seize control of ANiC parishes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 27 August 2008

Vancouver – On August 26, 2008, the Anglican diocese of New Westminster informed St. Matthew’s in Abbotsford and St Matthias and St Luke’s in Vancouver that the bishop had dismissed the parish Wardens and other officers (Trustees) that were duly elected by the congregation and appointed new Wardens who are more “loyal” to the bishop. According to their press release, these actions were taken to regain “control of the parishes”, which includes control of the properties and buildings.
Both parishes voted in February this year to realign with the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC), under the Episcopal authority of Bishop Donald Harvey and the jurisdiction of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone – one of the 38 Provinces in the global Anglican Communion. The Anglican Church of Canada is also one of these 38 Provinces.
“Whether the Diocese of New Westminster has the right to unilaterally replace these duly elected trustees, and move to seize control of the parishes’ assets is in dispute,” says Cheryl Chang, ANiC Chancellor.
The elected Trustees of the parish believe the parish properties are held in trust for the benefit of the current congregation who have paid for and maintained these properties, and who are upholding traditional Anglican ministry in accordance with the founding principles of the Anglican Church of Canada (contained in the Solemn Declaration 1893), and the current doctrine of the global Anglican Communion. The Diocese of New Westminster, which has acted unilaterally and contrary to those principles, asserts the property is held in trust for the diocese. Various actions are currently in the Canadian courts to determine who is the rightful beneficiary of such trusts in light of the growing divisions in the global Anglican Communion.
“The trustees of both St Matthew’s and St Matthias and St Luke are meeting and seeking legal advice regarding their response to the Diocese,” Mrs Chang adds. “However, we note with interest that the Diocese has chosen to act only against the two smaller parishes and not the larger ANiC parishes, St. John’s (Shaughnessy) and Church of the Good Shepherd in Vancouver. Another concern is that the notice alleging a ‘crisis’ was signed by the bishop on July 10th, but not served on the parishes for six weeks, after the Lambeth Conference had concluded.”
The four congregations have been in “serious theological dispute” with the Diocese of New Westminster since June 2002, when the diocese unilaterally proceeded with same sex blessings in clear defiance of leaders of the Anglican Communion and the beliefs of the overwhelming majority of the Anglicans worldwide that such action is contrary to scripture.
Since 2003, the Primates of the Anglican Communion have repeatedly asked the Anglican Church of Canada and the Diocese of New Westminster to return to biblically faithful Anglican practice and teaching and to provide adequate episcopal oversight for dissenting parishes, but to no avail. In fact, the communion-breaking actions of the Diocese of New Westminster sparked the current crisis and the global realignment which is now taking place in the Anglican Communion.
Members of the Anglican Network in Canada are committed to remaining faithful to Holy Scripture and established Anglican doctrine and to ensuring that orthodox Canadian Anglicans are able to remain in full communion with their Anglican brothers and sisters around the world.
Since it launched its ecclesial structure last November under the jurisdiction of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, ANiC has received two bishops – Donald Harvey and Malcolm Harding – and 18 parishes.
Contact:
Marilyn Jacobson
Communications, Anglican Network in Canada
604 929-0369
604 788-4222 cell
mjacobson@anglicannetwork.ca
www.anglicannetwork.ca

Please pray for all North American Anglicans who are under legal and financial attack by apostate religious organizations.

* Give thanks for successful defenses in recent Virginia cases, and for the judge’s favorable narrowing of issues under consideration. Pray for continued successful defense against the TEC/Diocese of Virginia lawsuits.
* Pray for the hearing before the California Supreme Court coming up in October.
* Pray for Anglican churches in Ohio, who are being threatened.
* Pray for Church of the Good Shepherd, Binghamton, NY, giving thanks that a judge recently extened their time in the sanctuary and rectory.
* Pray for all the attorneys who are representing faithful Anglicans.
* Pray for fair minded judges to hear the cases.
* Pray for TEC and its Diocesan representatives – “Bless and do not curse.”